Hame-fastener



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T. & F, STANILAND. HAME FASTENER.

No. 371,860. Patented Oct. 18, 1887'.

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- NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS S'IANILAND AND FRANK. STANILAND, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

HAM E FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,860, dated October 1,8, 188'7.

Application filed August 29, 1887. Serial No. 248,179.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS STANILAND and FRANK. STANILAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame- Fastcners, of which the following is a specification.-

Our invention relates to hame-fasteners of the class employing a hook which is intended to be caught in one side of the hames, and to which is pivoted an eccentriclever, the loose end of which is secured by means of a chain and chain-lock to the other side of the hames, so that when the lever is carried around and closed in against the hook the two parts of the homes are fastened together; and the intention of our invent-ion is to afford a novel and more efficient substitute for the chain and chain-lock as thus employed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a hame-fastener of the class mentioned, showing the fastener in an extended position, and also the use of the chain and chain-lock as heretofore employed in the same. Fig. 2 represents our invention, intended to be used as a substitute for said chain and lock, disconnected from said old structure. Fig. 3 represents the hook used in our invention separate from the rod upon which the same is used, with the ring drawn in section, so as to show the thread cut in the same. Fig. 4 represents a side view ofa hamefastener of the class mentioned with our invention substituted for the chain and chain lock; and Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal section of the same with the parts closed, so as to clasp the hames together. V

In the drawings, A represents astraight cylindrical rod ofiron or steel, having athread out upon its surface, and pivoted at one end to the loose end of the eccentriclever D; and B rep resents a hook of the same material, terminating in a ring or hollow cylinder, whose inner surface is also provided with a thread corresponding to that upon the rod, so that by slip ping the ring upon the rod and screwing and (No model.)

unscrewing the same any desired length of rod may be obtained.

In using the hams-fastener with our invention incorporated as a part of the same, the hook Ois first caught in one side of the hames, when the length of the fastener is adjusted by revolving the hook B up or down upon the rod, as desired. This hook is then caught in the opposite side of the hames and the ecceir trio-lever D carried around,in the usual manner, until its free end rests against the hook G,when the two parts of the hames will be securely held together. This process may be reversedthe hook B being first caught in the hame, the length of the rod adjusted by'revolving it in the hook, after which the hook O is caught in the other side of the homes and the lever closed, as stated.

The advantages claimed for our improvement over the device hitherto in use are that it is stronger and easier of adjustment.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hame fastener, the cylindrical rod A, pivoted at one end to the loose end of the co centric lever D, and having a thread upon its surface, and also the hook B, adapted to be caught in one side of the homes, terminating in a ring with a corresponding thread upon its inner surface, enabling said hook to be screwed up or down upon said rod in order to adjust its length, in combination with said eccentriclever and a hook attached thereto, intended to be caught in the other side of the hames, substantially as described.

2. The hook, its eccentric-lever, the pivoted rod having the thread upon its surface, and the second hook terminating in a ring having a corresponding thread upon its inner surface, connected and combined substantially as herein described.

THOMAS STANILAND. FRANK. STANILAND. Witnesses:

Gno. R. YOUNG,

FRED W. GEBHART. 

